Oct 30, 2019
Your KS #49: Signature in a book
Last night when I should have been doing something else, I took one of my most prized KSP books off the shelf. It’s a first edition of...
Oct 2, 2019
Your KS #48: The death of Katharine Susannah Prichard
Katharine Susannah Prichard died on the night of Thursday 2 October 1969. It came unexpectedly - she wasn’t in hospital and she didn’t...
Sep 18, 2019
Katharine Susannah - Red Witch or Lavender Lady?
Coming up on Sunday 6 October, we invite you to visit the KSP Writers' Centre for a wonderful spring day of commemoration activities at...
Aug 29, 2019
Your KS #47: A Telegram About Beatrice
Last month, a builder renovating Katharine Susannah Prichard’s writing cabin found this telegram which had been hidden for decades. It’s...
Aug 29, 2019
Your KS #46: ‘Astir With Great Things’
On 26 June 2019, I submitted my PhD thesis, “Astir With Great Things: The Early Life of Katharine Susannah Prichard”. I started my...
Jun 27, 2019
Your KS #45: Doon Stone, Invisible Woman?
In November 1985, a public notice appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald asking for any person to come forward who had ‘any claim upon the...
May 1, 2019
Your K.S. 43: Katharine Susannah and the Theatre
- Picture: playbill for Australian Drama Night, 1910 (University of New England). It’s apt that KSPWC will be commemorating the fiftieth...
Mar 28, 2019
Your K.S. 42: Katharine Susannah and Music
- Picture: The KSP piano in the Writers' Centre, current day. Katharine Susannah Prichard loved music and particularly the piano. She...
Feb 14, 2019
The Earth Lover
For Valentine's Day, I have unlocked the polished Jarrah display cabinet that stands next to the fireplace in the sitting room of the KSP...
Jan 28, 2019
Your K.S. #40: Katharine and Hugo’s 100th Wedding Anniversary
It’s Katharine and Hugo’s one hundredth wedding anniversary. Katharine Susannah Prichard, thirty-five, and Hugo Throssell, thirty-four,...